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About The Idea HMD Head Mounted Displays are usually very expensive and relatively heavy. In the past it was not easy to build them at home. Besides the display headtracking is one of the most important functionalities a HMD has to provide. And this is difficult to implement. Recently, Stefan …

I’ve done some experiments with the upcoming JavaFX 3D API. Therefore I created a small demo application that adds 3D content to a JFXtras window control. In the video I’ll discuss subscenes as well as adding 3D objects directly to JavaFX panes. Here’s the video: Requirements: JDK 8 (preview build, …

After testing its X11 integration decribed in the previous article I thougth about other possible use cases. First I was watching videos and viewing some images. Then I thought about painting. How about painting in a virtual world? Project Wonderland is really an exciting place!At the beginning I had some …